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Turkey opens biggest overseas military base to train Somali soldiers

Turkish Chief of General Staff Gen. Hulusi Akar opened Turkey’s biggest overseas military base on Saturday in Somalia’s capital of Mogadishu to train Somali...

Spain halts extradition of Turkish-Swedish writer Hamza Yalçın

The Spanish government on Friday decided not to extradite Hamza Yalçın, a Turkish-Swedish reporter and writer who was taken into custody in Barcelona over...

Int’l flights to Iraqi Kurdistan stop as Baghdad pressures Arbil over independence referendum

  All international flights to cities governed by the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) in northern Iraq stopped on Friday night after the Baghdad administration requested...

AI Kirklees hosts ‘Free the Turkish Journalists’ photo exhibit

International human rights organization Amnesty International’s UK Kirklees branch on Friday opened a two-day photo exhibition titled “Free the Turkish Journalists” at Huddersfield Parish...

Erdoğan says KRG will pay a price for independence referendum

Referring to a controversial independence referendum held by the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) on Monday, Turkish President Tayyip Erdoğan said on Saturday that the...

Report: Turkey abusing Interpol system to persecute critics

The Turkish government’s blatant abuse of the International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol) to persecute, harass and intimidate critics and opponents is much worse than...

US reacts negatively to Erdoğan’s call to swap US pastor for Gülen

The US administration has reacted negatively to a suggestion by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan that US authorities extradite Turkish Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen...

State Department warns US citizens of persistent terror threat in Turkey

The US Department of State on Thursday updated a travel warning for US citizens in or traveling to Turkey due to the persistent threat...

US senator slams Erdoğan’s suggestion to swap US pastor for Gülen

United States Senator for Oklahoma James Lankford has denounced a suggestion by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan that US authorities extradite Turkish Islamic scholar...

Turkey urges citizens to leave northern Iraq before flight ban becomes effective

  Turkey's Foreign Ministry on Thursday issued a travel warning urging citizens to leave northern Iraq before a flight ban goes into effect on Friday...

Putin arrives in Turkey for talks on weapons deal, Syria

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday arrived in Ankara to meet with his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, for talks on Syria and a...

SAR calls on states, civil society to respond to pressure on Turkish academia

The Free to Think 2017 report from the New York-based Scholars at Risk (SAR) has called on responsible states, higher education leaders and civil...

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